mxcl/homebrew — Issue #8933: "brew install" no longer recognizes/respects "--force"?
Author: telemachus
Created: 2011-12-02 13:35:45+00:00
State: open

Steps to reproduce:

+ Have a formula installed
+ Run `brew install --force formula`

Sample:

telemachus ~ ❯❯ brew list
abook	git-extras	mutt
antiword	glib	ossp-uuid
bash	gmime	pkg-config
bash-completion	gnupg	pwsafe
cabextract	growlnotify	python
dash	haskell-platform	readline
discount	irssi	redo
dos2unix	lesspipe	rename
elinks	libevent	scons
erlang	libiconv	sqlite
gdbm	libsgml	ssh-copy-id
getmail	lua	tokyo-cabinet
gettext	luajit	v8
ghc	minised	valgrind
gist	msmtp	vim
git	mu	xapian
telemachus ~ ❯❯ brew install --force mu
telemachus ~ ❯❯

It seems to be a no-op at the moment.